Art: Ardian Syaf, Vicente Cifuentes
Tony Bedard's first arc on "Green Lantern Corps" is shaping up to be a real great read. Cyborg Superman has taken control of the Alpha Lanterns and used them to fight against the Green Lanterns. He kidnapped Ganthet to force him to change him back to a normal person again, so Cyborg Superman could be free from being immortal.
The opening scene of the issue is already great, showing how ruthless Cyborg Superman really is by ordering one of the Alpha-Lantern to kill himself (or itself?). He even made Ganthet feel a new emotion later on in the book.
Meanwhile, Green Lanterns Kyle Rayner, Soranik Natu, and John Stewart try to win over the resident robots underground into joining them to stand up against Cyborg Superman by creating a construct of Green Lantern Stel. The robots eventually agree to the Green Lanterns, but when Alpha-Lantern Boodikka shows up Lost Lantern Hannu appears and punches the hell out of Boodikka.
Boodikka finally comes back to her "senses", recognizing Hannu and the rest and lets them recharge through her power battery. But does this mean she dies?
Bedard leaves us with a little subplot that's gonna be big in the future arc. A resident of Qward has acquired a white net construct used by Boston Brand in the "Brightest Day" title.
Speaking of "Brightest Day", Ardian Syaf's art in that title sure looks great, and it's no different in here. The art is consistenly good since the first part of the story. In here, Syaf's facial expressions really add to the emotion of the characters, especially in the scenes of Ganthet. Syaf proves to be a good replacement for Patrick Gleason. I say even a better one.
This issue of "Green Lanterns Corps" shows how dangerous Cyborg Superman can be. But with the Green Lanterns finally able to recharge, will Cyborg Superman get what he wants? We'll see how Bedard ends his first arc next issue.
Rating: 4/5
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